Word: brehznev
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...good sense of humor, but very forceful and positive." That is the report of Armand Hammer, the New York City-born, Russian-speaking chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corp., who spent nearly two hours chatting with the Soviet leader last week. Ham mer, who has met Brehznev many times, went to Moscow after learning that Occidental's phosphate sales to the U.S.S.R. might be embargoed by Washington. Said he: "I wanted to ask [the Soviets] not to retaliate by cutting off Russian ammonia shipments to the U.S." Somewhat to Hammer's surprise, Brezhnev devoted much of their meeting...
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